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    The Golden Years Ain't for Wimps: Humorous Stories for Your Senior Moments
    The Golden Years Ain't for Wimps: Humorous Stories for Your Senior Moments
    The Golden Years Ain't for Wimps: Humorous Stories for Your Senior Moments
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    The Golden Years Ain't for Wimps: Humorous Stories for Your Senior Moments

    Written by Karen O'Connor

    Narrated by Karen O'Connor

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    About this audiobook

    Karen O'Connor, humorist and author of Getting Old Ain't for Wimps shares more comic and meaningful scenes from the senior side of life. Listeners will enjoy her stories, tales from others, and glimpses of golden moments as they discover the significance of life after a certain age, joy in new friendships and experiences, adventures still ahead, purpose and meaning on deeper levels, and appreciation for Gods design and direction. By celebrating the little things in life, such as the ability to recall any anecdote with clarity, O'Connor leads listeners to rest in the bigger wonders of faith and purpose.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateMar 25, 2008
    ISBN9781608142309
    The Golden Years Ain't for Wimps: Humorous Stories for Your Senior Moments
    Author

    Karen O'Connor

    Karen O’Connor is a sought-after speaker, a writing consultant, and an award-winning author of more than 75 books, including Gettin’ Old Ain’t for Wimps (more than 500,000 copies sold). She’s appeared on national media, including The 700 Club and 100 Huntley Street.

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      Soooo funny and at the same time scary as l realised that l am starting to relate to some of these comical situations. l now know l have more excitement to come as l get older. A brilliant audio to listen too. Thank you.